A Roman Catholic priest before his conversion to Islam, as well as a writer for the Middle East Times and other newspapers and journals around the world, Idris Tawfiq here explores the Islamic faith from his unique perspective. He describes the core tenets of this widely misunderstood religion in an engaging style, drawing on modern cultural phenomena in the West—from Ridley Scott's film Kingdom of Heaven to the display of public grief at the death of Diana, Princess of Wales—to examine the wider role of religion in an increasingly secular region of the world.